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SPECNA ARMS SAJ-04
SPECNA ARMS HAVE BEEN TEASING US ALL WITH THEIR NEW “J-SERIES” AEGS FOR A WHILE NOW,
AND FINALLY THEY’RE HERE! OUR RESIDENT “AK GEEK” BILL TOOK DELIVERY OF ONE DIRECT FROM
POLAND AS SOON AS THEY WERE RELEASED, AND NOW HE TELLS US ALL IF THE WAIT FOR THE
“SPECNA AK” HAS BEEN WORTH IT!
H
onestly, as an airsofter, if you haven’t by now heard
missing from the offering date though is the not-so-
of Specna Arms I truly believe that you must have
humble-any-more Kalashnikov, but I am overjoyed that they
been living not only under a rock but beneath one
have now addressed this with the launch of their “J-Series”
that has been located at the back of a very deep, dark cave! (why “J” and not “K” I can’t tell ya!), and the initial eight
Specna Arms have come onto the airsoft scene relatively
variants/models now appearing for sale bring a little warm
recently but have wowed airsofters around the globe with
glow to my otherwise stony old heart!
their now-comprehensive AR series of AEGs from their
I love firearms of all kinds and have done pretty much
CORE, EDGE, and ONE Series, plus also visiting the G36
all my life. When I was 14 or 15 I wanted to be a gunsmith
with their G-Series, and even throwing in some decent bolt- and I even looked at apprenticeships, until my family
action rifles along the way!
convinced me that going
They’ve impressed even the
onto higher education was a
most seasoned of players,
better idea. Nearly 40 years
“THEY’VE FORGED SOME FABULOUS
including a number of the
on and here I am writing
Airsoft Action Team, with
about… firearms, albeit
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH REAL
their external build quality
replicas rather than real!
FIREARMS MANUFACTURERS, FIRST
and what is included in
Bottom line, what is meant
WITH ROCK RIVER ARMS AND NOW
the package with internals
to be, will be.
as standard, featuring
With all the stunning
WITH DANIEL DEFENSE AND STRIKE
components such as their
firearm
models around
SYSTEMS. ADD TO THAT THE FACT
ORION V2 gearbox, GATE
the world, both military
THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
X-ASR and ASTER Mosfets
and civilian, my
DESIGNING AND INNOVATING “IN
and their ESA2 quick
heart belongs to
change spring function.
“Comrade
HOUSE” TOO AND I BELIEVE THAT
They’ve forged some
Mikhail”! Ever
SPECNA ARMS WILL BE WITH US FOR
fabulous strategic
since I first laid
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE…”
alliances with real firearms
my hands on a
manufacturers, first with
real AK-47 many,
Rock River Arms and now
many years ago in
with Daniel Defense and
Africa, I’ve been sold,
Strike Systems. Add to that the fact that they are constantly the “Joy of AK” transcending even my boyhood love
designing and innovating “in house” too and I believe that
for the SMLE, L1A1, and FN FAL. Now of course I’m largely,
Specna Arms will be with us for the foreseeable future,
though not exclusively, restricted to airsoft versions of “The
bringing value and excellence to players worldwide!
Russian Rifle”, so whenever I see a new one hit the market
One area though that has, at least to my mind, been
I’m super-drooly-keen to get my mitts on it… and thanks
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MAY 2020